pal@csnet-sh.arpa(AnilA.Pal) (04/22/83)
From: Anil A. Pal <pal@csnet-sh.arpa (Anil A. Pal)> I would like to be able to access all the goodies available on MIT-MC. I have an Osborne I, and am running the PLINK program from MC, which enables me to transfer text files (not binary). I can ftp from MC to my local host. Question: which files should I get to enable me to up/download arbitrary files from my local host (VAX780/Berkeley UNIX4.1) to the Osborne? I believe there are various flavors of a program called MODEM which fit the bill. I also presume I will need a program to run at the host end (I think UMODEM, but I am not sure). BAsically, which files should I download from MC in order to accomplish transfers (a mated pair, one for VAX, one for Osborne)? .ASM files would be my best bet, but .HEX is probably OK for the Osborne, and C/pascal for the VAX. .COM files are out. Any info will be appreciated. Anil Pal U. of Wisconsin-Madison.
SJOBRG.ANDY%MIT-OZ@mit-mc.arpa (04/23/83)
From: Andrew Scott Beals <SJOBRG.ANDY%MIT-OZ@mit-mc.arpa> To transfer files between a unix system (any flavor, v7 and up) and your osborne, you need a) some flavor of the modem program that has been configured for the osborne (you can find this in the archives), and b) a program for unix that implements the same protocol. There are 2 unix modem programs out there. Umodem, which I didn't write. It has tons of options and is a @i(large) piece of code - also, I have been told by someone that they tried to use compile it on their flavor of unix, and it didn't work. There is also Tmodem, which is my program. It is a program in the unix style - it does one thing (transfer files), and it does it well. It will send files up or down and that's it. Two options. It is meant to transfer binaries from unix to cp/m. It has been under heavy use by a number of people, and I've ported it to everything from a vanilla v7 to berkeley 4.1. (I like my programs (biased, but such is life.).) If you need help with Tmodem, ask me. I'm here. -andy